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Kacee Aug 18, 2023 12:01 pm


Originally Posted by ijgordon (Post 35503962)
I made a voluntary change to my return leg on an IAP ticket last fall and was expecting the worst. Yes, it seemed like an offshore agent reading from a script, but it was surprisingly not painful. I gave them the new flight information, they confirmed it an even exchange, and sent the ticket for reissue.

I've purchased quite a few IAP fares over the years. I've had one or two easy changes and several absolute nightmares. At this point, I probably wouldn't book one for savings under $1000. Not worth the potential headache.

Originally Posted by Statman (Post 35503475)
In my experience, if the airline makes the change on their end, they don't have any issues helping you directly even if you booked via an OTA.

You should read this and the several "Amex nightmare" threads.

NDtraveler Aug 22, 2023 1:46 pm

Thanks everyone! Across 5 tickets, IAP saved about 8K so worth the risk to us. I did call in a few times to get ticket numbers etc and it was an American based agent that helped. Hopefully we do not have any flight changes!

antonius66 Sep 21, 2023 2:50 pm

What do these post as on the charge? If you book say, Cathay, does it come up as a charge with Cathay as if you booked through them or does it show on the Amex as some kind of amextravel charge instead?

MaxVO Sep 21, 2023 3:16 pm


Originally Posted by antonius66 (Post 35601399)
What do these post as on the charge? ...

Amex Travel

ijgordon Sep 22, 2023 6:34 am

It’ll show as both on the statement.

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747FC Oct 20, 2023 5:09 pm

Amazing Discount Through IAP!
 
Just booked my first IAP fare, an all-business-class reservation for Ms747FC and myself on JL,

Travel is: HNL-HKG/SIN-TYO/TYO-HNL (Open jaw between HKG and SIN and one-week stopover in TYO on return).

JL Website price was $11,900 for the two of us. IAP price booked online was $7500 (Rounding last two digits), for a total savings of $4,400, or 37%.

Am I sold on IAP!

ExpatExp Oct 20, 2023 11:02 pm

Well done! I did notice some excellent JL fares from HNL to China a few months ago, but I didn't think to try IAP. Thank you for the reminder 👍

Lonsinla Mar 16, 2024 9:12 pm

Booked 2 business class tickets on ANA from the US to asia for this summer and paid 12.5k for both tickets via Amex travel. The same tickets bought through ANA would cost 17k.

United747 Mar 16, 2024 10:03 pm


Originally Posted by Lonsinla (Post 36086309)
Booked 2 business class tickets on ANA from the US to asia for this summer and paid 12.5k for both tickets via Amex travel. The same tickets bought through ANA would cost 17k.

I got weirdly good prices on ANA next month on a multi-city to Asia. $8k for two versus $16k through ANA.

Obviously, I wouldn’t have paid $16k, but QR was the next cheapest around $9,500 that I was about to buy before finding ANA.

Easy $1,500 savings in my book (plus better routing)

Lonsinla Mar 17, 2024 9:09 am


Originally Posted by United747 (Post 36086359)
I got weirdly good prices on ANA next month on a multi-city to Asia. $8k for two versus $16k through ANA.

Obviously, I wouldn’t have paid $16k, but QR was the next cheapest around $9,500 that I was about to buy before finding ANA.

Easy $1,500 savings in my book (plus better routing)

8k for 2 tickets is an incredible bargain

dhuey Mar 18, 2024 9:42 pm


Originally Posted by United747 (Post 36086359)
I got weirdly good prices on ANA next month on a multi-city to Asia. $8k for two versus $16k through ANA.

Obviously, I wouldn’t have paid $16k, but QR was the next cheapest around $9,500 that I was about to buy before finding ANA.

Easy $1,500 savings in my book (plus better routing)

Good for you! I’ve found a few similarly good deals on the IAP in recent years. I also once got a fully-refundable fare for the same price as non-refundable on the airline site (Iceland Air).

Yahtzee Mar 19, 2024 8:46 am

Just yesterday I got much more modest savings on BOS-SEA (hey $100 is $100) and BOS-DUB-LAS (more like $400). I'll take it.


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